The AP reports that when he was being arrested, he demanded to be given his cellphone and laptop, complaining about his treatment and calling for U.S. sanctions against President Robert Mugabe.

Back in 1995, Reynolds resigned from Congress after being convicted of 12 counts of statutory rape, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. While still in prison he was further convicted of bank and campaign fraud, the AP notes. In 2001, President Bill Clinton commuted the former Rhodes scholar’s sentence.

If convicted in Zimbabwe, he could get up to two years in prison or a sizable fine for the pornography, as well as be deported for breaking the country’s immigration laws.